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TEXT 20
nemam virinco na bhavo
na srir apy anga-samsraya
prasadam lebhire gopi
yat tat prapa vimuktidat
SYNONYMS
nanot; imamthis exalted position; virincahLord Brahma; nanor; bhavahLord Siva; nanor; srihthe goddess of fortune; apiindeed; anga-samsrayaalthough she is always the better half of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prasadammercy; lebhireobtained; gopimother Yasoda; yat tatas that which; prapaobtained; vimukti-datfrom Krsna, who gives deliverance from this material world.
TRANSLATION
Neither Lord Brahma, nor Lord Siva, nor even the goddess of fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yasoda.
PURPORT
This is a comparative study between mother Yasoda and other devotees of the Lord. As stated in Caitanya caritamrta (Adi 5.142), ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya: the only supreme master is Krsna, and all others are His servants. Krsna has the transcendental quality of bhrtya-vasyata, becoming subordinate to His bhrtya, or servant. Now, although everyone is bhrtya and although Krsna has the quality of becoming subordinate to His bhrtya, the position of mother Yasoda is the greatest. Lord Brahma is bhrtya, a servant of Krsna, and he is adi-kavi, the original creator of this universe (tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye). Nonetheless, even he could not obtain such mercy as mother Yasoda. As for Lord Siva, he is the topmost Vaisnava (vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh). What to speak of Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, the goddess of fortune, Laksmi, is the Lords constant companion in service, since she always associates with His body. But even she could not get such mercy. Therefore Maharaja Pariksit was surprised, thinking, What did mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja do in their previous lives by which they got such a great opportunity, the opportunity to be the affectionate father and mother of Krsna?
In this verse there are three negative pronouncementsna, na, na. When anything is uttered three timesdo it, do it, do itone should understand that this is meant to indicate great stress on a fact. In this verse, we find na lebhire, na lebhire, na lebhire. Yet mother Yasoda is in the supermost exalted position, and thus Krsna has become completely subordinate to her.
The word vimuktidat is also significant. There are different types of liberation, such as sayujya, salokya, sarupya, sarsti and samipya, but vimukti means special mukti. When after liberation one is situated on the platform of prema-bhakti, one is said to have achieved vimukti, special mukti. Therefore the word na is mentioned. That exalted platform of prema is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as prema pum-artho mahan, and mother Yasoda naturally acts in such an exalted position in loving affairs. She is therefore a nitya-siddha devotee, an expansion of Krsnas hladini potency, His potency to enjoy transcendental bliss through expansions who are special devotees (ananda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih). Such devotees are not sadhana-siddha.
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